Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1920

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1Robert3,860
2John2,862
3William2,777
4James1,957
5Charles1,764
6George1,316
7Richard1,299
8Joseph1,134
9Paul1,132
10Edward1,051
11Donald963
12Harold901
13Frank830
14Raymond676
15Walter655
16Thomas631
17Ralph622
18Jack610
19Harry574
20Carl540
21Albert527
22Kenneth511
23Howard495
24Arthur463
25Eugene405
RankNameBabies
26Clarence399
27Earl389
28Henry362
29David341
30Louis333
31Warren332
32Lawrence302
33Stanley285
34Russell283
35Joe273
36Fred263
37Roy260
38Leonard258
39Bernard257
40Elmer256
41Francis245
42Herbert243
43Ernest240
44Chester224
45Anthony206
46Norman203
46Steve203
48Edwin201
49Michael200
50Frederick193
51Andrew192
52Alfred186
53Clifford183
54Gerald182
55Melvin178
56Daniel176
57Wilbur173
58Ray172
59Floyd171
60Lester168
61Samuel164
62Glenn158
63Dale156
64Leo155
65Herman150
66Clyde145
67Wayne142
68Lloyd138
69Mike137
70Leroy136
70Victor136
72Peter133
72Theodore133
74Lewis129
75Marvin127
76Martin123
77Vernon122
78Roger117
79Philip115
80Homer113
80Virgil113
82Vincent111
83Franklin103
84Stephen102
85Willard100
86Alvin98
87Edgar90
87Sam90
89Harvey89
90Benjamin86
91Allen85
92Gordon84
93Cecil83
94Marion81
95Gilbert78
95Max78
97Everett76
97Glen76
99Nick74
99Tony74